Ways and Means of Effecting Economies in the National Space Program: Hearing Before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session, July 24, 25, 26, and August 16, 1962

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Page 83 - I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.
Page 31 - Affiliates. Business concerns are affiliates of each other when either directly or indirectly (1) one concern controls or has the power to control the other or (2) a third party controls or has the power to control both. In determining whether concerns are independently owned and operated and whether or not affiliation exists, consideration is given to all appropriate factors including common ownership, common management, and contractual relationships: Provided, however.
Page 29 - A. SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN. A small business concern for the purpose of Government procurement is a concern, including its affiliates, which is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts and...
Page 31 - If a concern has not been in existence for four full calendar quarters, "number of employees" means the average employment of such concern and its affiliates during the period such concern has been in existence based on the number of persons employed during the pay period ending nearest the 15th day of each month.
Page 30 - small business concern" is a concern, including its affiliates, which is independently owned and operated, is not dominant in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and can further qualify under the criteria set forth in regulations of the Small Business Administration (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 13, Section 121.3-8).
Page 30 - Puerto Rico, including but not limited to, an individual, partnership, corporation joint venture, association or cooperative.
Page 72 - Second, they are authorized in other government agencies such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Federal Aviation Agency.
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